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    BCI Announces AIBE 20; Invites tender, exam to be held in 52 cities, online-offline mode

    Sansar Singh ChhikaraUpdated on 15 Jul 2025, 03:50 PM IST

    The Bar Council of India (BCI) has invited tenders for the conduct of the AIBE 2025. In its tender document, the Bar Council of India has mentioned that it will conduct the AIBE 20 exam in 50 cities at over 150 centres or more. Furthermore, BCI also stressed that the AIBE XX (20) exam will be conducted in both offline and online (computer-based test) modes. The last date to fill the AIBE tender is July 17, 2025, which means that the AIBE 20 exam notification 2025 can be expected in August 2025. Earlier, Careers360 also got in touch with the Bar Council of India, and it was revealed that the AIBE XX notification will be published in August or September. Read the complete article to know what the AIBE XX tender means for students, in how many cities the exam will be conducted, the expected notification date and more.

    BCI Announces AIBE 20; Invites tender, exam to be held in 52 cities, online-offline mode
    BCI Announces AIBE 20; Invites tender, exam to be held in 52 cities, online-offline mode

    What does the AIBE XX Tender mean for candidates?

    While the tender does not have any specific dates for the exam or registration, it kicks off the AIBE 20 (XX) 2025 process, indicating that the exam notification may come as soon as the conducting agency is finalised. Additionally, the tender document gives important details such as the number of exam centres, mode of conduct and languages.

    According to the BCI notification inviting tenders for AIBE 20, the All India Bar Examination will be conducted at around 50 cities and more than 150 exam centres. The list of AIBE exam centres might also be increased depending on the number of candidates. The Bar Council of India expects the number of AIBE 20 students to be between 50,000 and 2,50,000. According to BCI, the average number of candidates per centre can range from 500 to 1000. Apart from English, the exam will also be conducted in Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Bodo, Santhali, Maithili and Dogri.

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    AIBE 2025 Exam Centres according to BCI Tender

    S.No

    State

    City

    1

    Andhra Pradesh

    Tirupati

    2

    Andhra Pradesh

    Visakhapatnam

    3

    Assam

    Guwahati

    4

    Bihar

    Patna

    5

    Chhattisgarh

    Bilaspur

    6

    Chhattisgarh

    Raipur

    7

    Gujarat

    Ahmedabad

    8

    Gujarat

    Rajkot

    9

    Gujarat

    Surat

    10

    Himachal Pradesh

    Shimla

    11

    Jammu & Kashmir

    Jammu

    12

    Jammu & Kashmir

    Srinagar

    13

    Jharkhand

    Bokaro

    14

    Jharkhand

    Ranchi

    15

    Karnataka

    Bengaluru

    16

    Karnataka

    Dharwad

    17

    Kerala

    Ernakulam

    18

    Kerala

    Thiruvananthapuram

    19

    Madhya Pradesh

    Bhopal

    20

    Madhya Pradesh

    Gwalior

    21

    Madhya Pradesh

    Indore

    22

    Madhya Pradesh

    Jabalpur

    23

    Maharashtra & Goa

    Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad)

    24

    Maharashtra & Goa

    Mumbai

    25

    Maharashtra & Goa

    Nagpur

    26

    Maharashtra & Goa

    Nanded

    27

    Maharashtra & Goa

    Panaji

    28

    Maharashtra & Goa

    Pune

    29

    Manipur

    Imphal

    30

    Meghalaya

    Shillong

    31

    New Delhi

    New Delhi

    32

    Odisha

    Bhubaneswar

    33

    Punjab & Haryana

    Ambala

    34

    Punjab & Haryana

    Chandigarh

    35

    Punjab & Haryana

    Gurugram

    36

    Punjab & Haryana

    Hisar

    37

    Rajasthan

    Jaipur

    38

    Tamil Nadu

    Chennai

    39

    Tamil Nadu

    Coimbatore

    40

    Tamil Nadu

    Trichy

    41

    Telangana

    Hyderabad

    42

    Tripura

    Agartala

    43

    Uttar Pradesh

    Prayagraj (Allahabad)

    44

    Uttar Pradesh

    Ghaziabad

    45

    Uttar Pradesh

    Gorakhpur

    46

    Uttar Pradesh

    Lucknow

    47

    Uttar Pradesh

    Meerut

    48

    Uttar Pradesh

    Noida

    49

    Uttar Pradesh

    Varanasi

    50

    Uttarakhand

    Dehradun

    51

    Uttarakhand

    Rudrapur

    52

    West Bengal

    Kolkata

    AIBE 20 Notification in August or September: BCI

    Careers360 had contacted the BCI Helpdesk for some clarity on the AIBE XX notification release date. The AIBE Helpdesk specified that the exam notification can be expected either in August or September. Also, the AIBE 20 exam will be conducted in December 2025, according to BCI. Given that the AIBE 20 tender process is underway, it is expected that the schedule of AIBE XX 2025 will be on the same lines.

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    Hi,
    You can download the AIBE exam paper by following these steps:

    • Visit the Official Website of AIBE.
    • Click on the section titled "Question Paper".
    • Select the Year/Set and choose the specific AIBE exam session (e.g., AIBE-XVIII) and download the PDF
    • Click the download icon to save the file for

    Hello Student,

    You can download the question papers and the solutions for AIBE 18 from the following link -

    E-Book Link - AIBE 18 Question Paper with Solutions PDF

    Hope this was helpful!

    The required documents for the AIBE 21 (2026) exam for the final year law students are:

    • Marksheets (Self-Attested & Scanned): All previous semester marksheets (Semester I to V for 3-year LLB; Semester I to IX for 5-year Integrated LLB).

    • Undertaking Form: A signed, scanned undertaking form indicating you are in